A China Airlines Boeing 737-800 flight CI170 declared a fuel emergency and landed at Nagoya Chubu airport, Japan, after three failed attempts to land at Toyama airport on 8 July.

The flight CI170 from Taipei Taoyuan to Toyama, Japan with 155 people on board declared a fuel emergency at 12:40 LT, after three failed approach to land at Toyama airport, Japan due to bad weather. The flight was eventually diverted to Nagoya airport and landed safely after an hour of first failed attempt to land.

The Japan Civil Aviation Bureau has rated the occurrence as ‘Serious incident’ suggesting the aircraft landed with less than the required final fuel reserve remaining.